Jas Cruzada
Presumably most of us, or at least someone we know, has already received a dubious text message from an unknown number claiming they are our relative or friend and then asking us to send load / mobile credit. In most incidents, they would say they are our relatives working abroad, would chit chat a little, and then finally ask us to send them, say ‘Php 500’ load to their supposed roaming number (that they will pay back to us –with extras — when ‘they remit money‘).
It’s a known scam! People nowadays either just shrug these text messages off, make fun of it and send back pun replies, or take it profoundly and bad-mouth the sender. But we can never deny the fact that there are gullible people (especially first-timers) who would actually fall for this modus and send credits to that number. Php 500, Php 1,000, Php 2,000. Poof! All gone in seconds.
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Reports about these scam messages have been going on for a while but it is not until now that the man behind this scheme was captured.
Roan Sia alias Mark Tan, was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation for allegedly scamming P100 million worth of airtime credits he was collecting through load transfers. Thanks to the 50 mobile phone units the police recovered which the suspect has been using to deceive people. He would send random text messages and wait til somebody bites the trap. Voila! Sia will then encash the airtime credit to telecom companies’ money transfer services.
According to Atty. Jun De Guzman, head of the NBI Special Investigation Service, the authority will investigate the case to see if there are others involved in this scheme. Sia, on the other hand, will face various charges including large scale estafa and for violating the Access Device Act.
We should always be wary of the authenticity of the messages we receive, be it a text message, a call, or even chat messages. Despite the arrest of Sia, there are still a bunch of people out there who probably does the same thing.
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naloko 78k?laki mo naman tanga pinag aral ka ng magulang mo tpos magpapaloko ka ng ganyan?yang text scam king issue na yan ikinaso lang kay roan kc wala silang mahanap na makakasuhan nyan.saka galing sa isang cp mag rarandom na messsage sa mga cellfone nde kaya yan me automated na program ginagamit jan so dadaan ng computer yan para mag random send yan.sa mga nakapanood ng news na yan kilalanin nyo muna yung tao na napagbintangan ng ganyan bago kau maki agree at makisakay sa issue na ganyan.d2 sa pilipinas alam nyo isa sa pinaka kurakot na bansa to.kaya natututo maghanap ng alternatibo na mga pagkukunan ang tao ng mga kuryente,internet,,tubig ng illegal kc hinde maganda pagpapatakbo sa bansa natin ang pulis nagpulis para mangotong,mga pulitiko tatakbo magsasayang ng pera parang sugal sa kampanya kc alam nila pag nanalo sila babalik ng nde lang triple yun dahil sa makukurakot ni simula sa mataas hanggang sa pinakamababa ang barranggay db?sa hustisya naman natin marami nakukulong ng walang kasalanan basa mapera ang kalaban.reality natin d2 sa pinas yan.masyado ka siguro nanonood mga koreanobela kaya nde mo napapansin ang mga nangyayari sa paligid mo.makasakay kalang sa issue ididiin mo yung tao naloko ka 78k?sigurado ka ba sya yun?malaki tiewala ko kay roan nde sya yun.kung sya yun di sana dmi nya ariarian sa pera na 100 milllion kinaso sa kanya dami ba sya nakatagong pera sa bangko o mga bahay?negosyo?check mo muna tingin kadin sa salamin bago ka pumukol ng salita.isipin mo kung ikaw sa buhay mo wala ka gnagawang mali..mabait natao yan si roan mahilig lang mangbara pero sa personal down to earth yan yun langmasasabi ko..
I was once a victim with a case like this, I thought she’s my sister but then after that so called “emergency kunu”, My sister called me using landline and I was shocked after knowing that she’s no longer using her old # … I even used my money for her favor instead of paying my tuition fee… -feeling angry
#dissapointment!!